Gateacre School
About Gateacre School
Gateacre School is a mixed secondary and sixth form in the Liverpool local authority, serving pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent Progress 8 rankings, it placed 17th out of 30 schools in the borough, putting it in the bottom half of its local peers. The top-performing schools in the area are The Blue Coat School, Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, and Archbishop Blanch CofE High School, all of which achieved significantly higher Progress 8 scores. Gateacre's own score of -0.53 is below the Liverpool average of -0.4, and the school is rated Requires Improvement by Ofsted. It is one of only two schools in the city rated Outstanding, the nearest being Liverpool College, 4.3 km away. With 1,202 pupils on roll, Gateacre is a large school, and its headteacher is Nabil Jamil. The school has no religious character.
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